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Jules Bianchi’s accident at suzuka
has earned the ire of a number of
former drivers, including Martin
Brundle.
The former driver and now Sky
TV commentator has said that the
incident is a cause to rethink the
use of recovery vehicles, such as
the tractor (above) in GP racing.
“My concern, and I’ve expressed
it many times, is having those
things [recovery vehicles] on track,”
Brundle told Sky Sports F1.
“I nearly lost my life against one
of them and just missed it and
then hit a marshal. Obviously
I have grave concerns, if it’s a
career-ending incident he’s had or
more grave than that.
“The things are too high, and
you’re sitting down too low,
especially on that corner because
you just keep turning left, so
you’re going into the barriers if
you go off there, there’s no way of
recovering, you’re going too fast.”
Brundle appears to have little
faith in the view expressed in
some quarters that a yellow flag
provides sufficient cover for an
emergency vehicle to operate in
any proximity to the track.
“Some will say ‘well there’s
yellow flags’, even double-waved
yellow flags but that doesn’t stop
you actually spinning off because
we saw Ericsson spinning off
behind the safety car.
"I spun off with yellow flags
there, there was so much spray
I couldn’t actually see my own
steering wheel let alone the
yellow flags on the day. If one
car goes off in a certain position
there’s so much greater chance of
another one going off in the same
place.”
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